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Monday, October 13, 2014

1st Johor International Chess Open 2014

JOHOR CHESS ASSOCIATION (JCA) / PERSATUAN CATUR NEGERI JOHOR

www.johorchessassociation.com

1^st Johor International Chess Open 2014

Venue : City Square, Johor Bahru

Date : 1^st December – 6^th December 2014

Tournament Regulations

• This is an individual tournament, open to all players.

• There are two categories of play: the Open category for all players and the Challenger category for players rated below 2000 (FIDE ratings) or 1850 (national ratings).

• FIDE (International Chess Federation) rules and regulations apply. Results will be sent for FIDE rating calculations.

• Both categories will be played using the Swiss System, with 9 rounds for both the Open and Challenger categories. For the pairings, a Swiss Manager program will be used.

• The rounds shall be conducted according to the schedule attached.

• Each player is accorded a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move.

• Five minutes before each round starts, the Chief Arbiter shall make the relevant announcements. If any player is not present within an hour after the round is started, he shall lose by default.

• FIDE regulations apply for mobile phones – all mobile phones must be turned off during playing times. Penalty is the automatic loss of the game.

• Officials and players should be smartly attired at all times while in the playing hall.

Programme / Schedule

Day 1 (Monday, 1 December 2014)

1400 Final Registration

1430 Players' Briefing

1500-1900 Round 1

Day 2 (Tuesday, 2 December 2014)

0900-1300 Round 2

1500-1900 Round 3

Day 3 (Wednesday, 3 December 2014)

0900-1300 Round 4

Day 4 (Thursday, 4 December 2014)

0900-1300 Round 5

1500-1900 Round 6

Day 5 (Friday, 5 December 2014)

0900-1300 Round 7

1500-1900 Round 8

Day 6 (Saturday, 6 December 2014)

0900-1300 Round 9

Prize Money	Open (RM)	Challenger (RM)
1st	6000	800
2nd	4000	600
3rd	3000	400
4th	2000	300
5th	1000	250
6th	800	200
7th	700	150
8th	650	100
9th	600	100
10th	550	100
11^th - 12^th each	500	100
13^th – 15^th each	400
16^th – 20^th each	250
Best Lady	300	100
Best JCA1	300	100
Best JCA2	250	100
Best JCA3	200	100
Best JCA4	200	100
U12B/ U12G/U10B/ U10G/U8B/ U8G		Age Group medals are for the Challenger categoryonly.1st – 5th for each category.

Entry Fee (RM)

Open
Above FIDE 2300	FOC
Malaysian NM	FOC
FIDE 2000 - 2299	200
FIDE 1800 - 1999	250
FIDE 1600-1799	350
Unrated	400
Challenger
FIDE rated	150
Unrated	200

Closing Date: 15^th November 2014

Registration and payment after the closing date incurs the payment of double the entry fee stated above.

Online Registration:

Please Download forms for registration. Registration to play is completed only after payment is made.

Payment:

Bank in PERSATUAN CATUR JOHOR – RHB Bank, CITISQUARE Branch

Current A/C No: 20101700207247, and then email the bank in slip to johorchess@gmail.com

Other payment modes please contact us by email johorchess@gmail.com

Accommodation

I. Players are required to budget for their own board and lodgings, as well as transportation needs. Please send all queries and bookings to johorchess@gmail.com

II. Hotel rooms at a special rate can be arranged through us as stated in the registration forms.

Provisions for titled player (GM, IM):

Hotel rooms are provided on a twin-sharing basis for the first 10 GMs/ IMs that register and show confirmed flight details.

Contact Person:

Mr Steven Cheong Tel: (60)167202272

Email: johorchess@gmail.com

The organizers reserve the right to change the rules and regulations without prior notice.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

National Rapid And Blitz Chess Championship 2014

Dear Sir/Madam, National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2014 We would like to invite you to join this event which will be held as follow: Date: 22nd and 23rd November 2014 (Saturday and Sunday) Venue: Main Hall, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Format: Rapid (9 rounds Swiss System, 20 Minutes + 10 Seconds increment) and Blitz (9 rounds Swiss System, 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment) Category: Open (FIDE Rated) and Age-Group Categories (Nat. Rated: U-16 Boys/Girls, U-14 Boys/Girls, U-12 Boys/Girls, U-10 Boys/Girls, U-8 Boys/Girls) Prizes: (All winners will get certificate of achievement, all participants will get certificate of participation) Open Rapid: 1st RM1000, 2nd RM500, 3rd RM400, 4th RM350, 5th RM300, 6th RM250, 7th RM200, 8th RM150, 9th RM100, 10th RM90, + 5 consolation prizes) Open Blitz: 1st RM500, 2nd RM250, 3rd RM200, 4th RM150, 5th RM100, 6th RM90, 7th RM80, 8th RM70, 9th RM60, 10th RM50, + 5 consolation prizes) Age-Group Rapid: 1st RM50 + Medal, 2nd Medal, 3rd Medal (For each age-group categories, boys and girls) Age-Group Blitz: 1st RM30 + Medal, 2nd Medal, 3rd Medal (For each age-group categories, boys and girls) ENTRY FEE: The fee shall cover BOTH rapid and blitz events. No refunds will be given if player chooses to participate in only one event. 1. RM 40.00 for Age-Group Category (Under-16, Under-14, Under-12, Under-10 and Under-8) 2. RM 70.00 for Open Category – FIDE Rated Player 3. RM 120.00 for Open Category – NON-FIDE Rated Player 4. FREE ENTRANCE FEE for Malaysian IM / FM / WIM / WFM CLOSING DATE: 19th November 2014 (Wednesday) INFORMATION: Please contact Lee Ming Xiang (mingxiang1006@gmail.com; 012 - 979 1319) or Tisha Loh (tishaloh@hotmail.com; 019-3779444) or visit our website at http://nrbcc.weebly.com. Please refer to the attachment for the details. Thank you. Regards, Abdur-Rahman.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Inaugural KTJ Chess Tournament 2014 (02/10/2014)

Organiser	:The Kolej Tuanku Jaafar
Event	:Inaugural KTJ Chess Tournament 2014
Venue	:Mantion, Negeri Sembilan
Date	:2nd November 2014, Sunday

Download the entry form

Friday, June 28, 2013

SSTWO MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (20&21 July 2013)

SSTWO MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

(Organized by SStwo Mall, DAT Chess Centre & Cerdik Catur Enterprise)

RM 1,500 in Cash Prizes ! Hampers ! Trophies ! Other Prizes in Kind !

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(download the entry form)

Monday, June 17, 2013

New World Park Chess Tournament 2013 (7/7/13)

Event date: 7th July 2013

(National Rated Individual Event)
7/8 rounds Swiss, Time control: 25 minutes
Closing Date: 06 July 2013 or the number of participants reach 200

Objectives: 1.To introduce chess tournament to public.
2.To help players to get a rating.
3.To help players to improve their rating.

PRIZES: Cash/Medals + Certificate
Open Prizes:1st RM500,2nd RM300,3rd RM200,4th RM150,5th RM100,6th RM90,7th Rm80,8th RM70,9th RM60,10th RM50,Lady RM100,Veteran(45 years and above) RM100, IPT RM100.

Age Group Prizes:U8/10/12/15/18,Boys 5 medals,Girl 3 medals for each age group.

10 LUCKY DRAW PRIZES TO BE WON!!!!!!

Each Participant will get a certificate of participation.

Category     PCA Member    Non-PCA Member
U8/10/12/15/18    RM 15     RM 20
Open/Lady/Veteran    RM20     RM 25

*Players’ name will be deleted if they failed to register or pay before 8:30am 07 July 2013.
*A surcharge of RM5.00 must be paid for registering on the tournament day itself.

We accept registration through http://chess.euhong.net/ ,facebook, phone, SMS and email. For further enquiries, kindly contact:
Mr.Loo 017-4722472 mindchessent@gmail.com
Mr.Tan 016-4613580 mindchessnet@yahoo.com

Participant has to provide name, category and contacts through comment or message. Payment can be arranged with Mr Loo before the tournament day, on the tournament day or bank-in.

For more details, please visit http://penangchess.com/
Please share this event with your friends :)

Facebook link:- https://www.facebook.com/events/212416472249715/

Kastam U-12 tourney

KL Masters Round 5 results

Round 5 on 2013/06/16 at 1630
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2479	GM	Murshed Niaz	½ - ½	GM	Luther Thomas	2552	2
2	5	2441	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	0 - 1	IM	Nolte Rolando	2440	1
3	6	2347	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	1 - 0	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	2369	11
4	7	2644	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	1 - 0	WGM	Padmini Rout	2347	10
5	8	2372	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	1 - 0	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2352	9
6	3	2301	GM	Wong Meng Kong	0		spielfrei	0	-1

JOHOR YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT 2013 results

OPEN 
 

 

 
No. PNo. Name           Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 5.0 21.5 17.25 17.5 0000 - 0 
 2. KAMALUDDIN          4.5 23.5 16.50 17.0 0000 - 0 
 3. NUR NABILA 	    4.5 21.5 14.50 16.0 0000 - 0 
 4. MUHD. NABIL 	    4.0 23.0 15.50 15.0 0000 - 0 
 5. NUR SYAWALUDIN      4.0 22.0 13.50 14.0 0000 - 0 
 6. RENITHA             4.0 21.5 12.50 13.0 0000 - 0 
 7. T.MANDAR            4.0 21.5 12.00 15.0 0000 - 0 
 8. ABEL YAP            4.0 19.0 10.75 16.5 0000 - 0 
 9. EDDY KWAN           4.0 19.0 10.50 15.0 0000 - 0 
10. MOHD.ZULLGHAFARI    3.5 17.5  7.25 10.5 0000 - 0 
11  MOHD.MOKMINON       3.5 15.5  6.75  9.5 0000 - 0 
12. TAULANI TUKIRAN     3.0 22.5 10.00 15.0 0000 - 0 
13  AW BOON LOK         3.0 18.5  6.50  9.0 0000 - 0 
14  AZRAAIE MOHD.NOOR   3.0 18.0  7.00 10.0 0000 - 0 
15  MOHD.MOKMININ       3.0 17.5  5.50 11.0 0000 - 0 
16  ABDUL RAHIM         3.0 16.0  6.00 10.0 0000 - 0 
17  MOHD.FAHMI          3.0 16.0  5.50  9.0 0000 - 0 
18. MOHD.SUFI           2.0 17.5  4.00  8.0 0000 - 0 
19  MOHD.FAIRUZ ALI     2.0 15.5  3.75  9.0 0000 - 0 
20  KWONG YONG KITT     2.0 15.0  2.50  6.0 0000 - 0 
21  WONG KHAI MENG      2.0 13.5  1.25  4.0 0000 - 0
22  ROSMINAH            2.0 13.0  2.00  6.0 0000 - 0 
23. MOHD.JAISZEN        1.0 15.5  3.50  5.0 0000 - 0 
24. MOHD.FIRDAUS        0.5 16.0  0.25  1.5 0000 - 0 
25  SAHRIZAL MOHMIN     0.5 15.0  0.25  1.5 0000 - 0 
26. NORASHIKIN          0.0 13.0  4.00  0.0 0000 - 0





UNDER 17


KATEGORI : BAWAH 17 TAHUN
Ranking after round 6 of
PERTANDINGAN CATUR HIMPUNAN BELIA JOHOR (BATU PAHAT)
No. PNo. Name                  Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
--------------------------------------------------------------------1.  NUR NAJIHA 		 5.5 23.5 21.25 20.5 0000 - 0
2.  PANG HONG CHING            5.0 19.0 14.50 17.0 0000 - 0
3.  ONG DENG YU 		 5.0 18.0 13.50 15.0 0000 - 0
4.  LIM JUN YI 		 4.5 26.0 18.25 17.5 0000 - 0
5.  KWONG JIA YEE              4.5 25.5 18.75 17.5 0000 - 0
6.  SHEE JIA WEE               4.5 24.0 16.75 18.0 0000 - 0
7.  WONG JING WEN              4.5 23.0 16.25 17.5 0000 - 0
8.  TAN JUN HUI                4.5 21.5 14.75 18.0 0000 - 0
9.  EE ZI XUN                  4.5 21.5 13.75 18.5 0000 - 0
10. YAP JUN YONG               4.5 21.5 13.75 15.5 0000 - 0
11. AZWAN TAULANI              4.0 22.5 13.00 14.0 0000 - 0
12  CHANG CHU QIN              4.0 19.5 10.50 13.0 0000 1 BEST GIRL
13  AN NUR ZAWANAH             4.0 19.5 10.00 15.0 0000 2 BEST GIRL
14  MOHD.HAKIMIN               4.0 19.0 10.50 14.0 0000 - 0
15  MICHELLE NG KIT EE         4.0 18.5 11.50 14.0 0000 - 0
16  MOHD.NUR DANIAL            4.0 17.5 11.50 13.0 0000 - 0
17  LIU LI SHENG               4.0 17.5 10.00 12.0 0000 - 0
18  HO MENG FAI                4.0 15.0  9.50 11.0 0000 - 0
19. FAIQ LUQMAN                3.5 21.0 10.25 12.0 0000 - 0
20  MUHD.DANISH                3.5 20.0  9.25 12.0 0000 - 0
21  SITI AMIRAH                3.5 17.0  8.00 11.0 0000 - 0
22  ANIS AZWAN                 3.5 16.5  7.75  9.0 0000 - 0
23  MUHD.ARSHAD B.MOHD         3.5 10.5  5.25  8.5 0000 - 0
24. NUR SURIANA BT.MD.ZAHRI    3.0 23.0 11.00 15.0 0000 - 0
25  MUHD.AMIRUL NAIM           3.0 23.0 10.00 14.0 0000 - 0
26  MUHD. AL-FATIH             3.0 20.5  6.00 14.0 0000 - 0
27  NURMAN HAKIM               3.0 19.5  8.00 10.0 0000 - 0
28  MOHD.NOR RASIDI            3.0 19.5  7.00 12.0 0000 - 0
29  GOH JIA XUAN               3.0 19.0  8.00 11.0 0000 - 0
30  NUR FATEHA BT.AHMAD TARMIZ 3.0 19.0  7.00 11.0 0000 - 0
31  MUHD.IZZATI DANIAL         3.0 18.0  7.25 10.5 0000 - 0

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Dato Tan vs Stonemaster Fadli

Taken during the 3rd Lim Chong Memorial.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Lim Chong Memorial 2013

Download Entry Form here

Monday, June 3, 2013

KL Masters June 13-21

The KL Masters or officially known as The DYTM Raja Dr Nazrin Shah Invitational KL Masters, is the big event up next.

It will be held at Swiss Inn Kuala Lumpur.

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Malaysians taking part with be the new National Master Aron Teh and Fong Yit San.
The 3rd Malaysian participant is either Wong Jianwen or Muhammad Syazwan Zulkifli depending of the result of a playoff.

More info at KLChess website.

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Langkawi 2013@15 & 16 Jun 2013

Reminder that it is the last week of registration for the coming Langkawi Open.

Details at:- http://syedchess.blogspot.com/

Monday, May 27, 2013

THE NATIONAL CLOSED MEN & WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

THE NATIONAL CLOSED MEN & WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

Tournament blog: http://ncc2013.blogspot.com

OPEN TO ALL MCF STATE AFFILIATES

1. INVITATION

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and Persatuan Catur Negeri Terengganu (PCNT) have the honour of inviting all MCF States Affiliates and MCF Invited players for the The National Closed Championships to be organise in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Kuala Terengganu from 27^th May (Arrival) to 02^nd June (Departure) 2013.

2. EVENT CATEGORIES

1) THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (OPEN) - Piala Tun Hussein Onn.

2) THE NATIONAL WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - Piala Tan Sri Sabbaruddin Chik.

3. PRIZES

MAIN PRIZES

OPEN

WOMEN

Champion

CHALLENGE TROPHY

Cash RM1,000 + Gold Medal

CHALLENGE TROPHY

Cash RM1,000.00 + Gold Medal

2^nd

Cash RM600.00 + Silver Medal

3^rd

Cash RM400.00 + Bronze Medal

4^th

Cash RM300.00

5^th

Cash RM200.00

*Certificate of Excellence shall be given to the top ten finishers.

*The results of this championship will be one of the main criteria for selection into the National Squad for international representation in the year 2013/2014 before the next National Chess Championship.

4. REGISTRATION FEE

4.1: A Registration fee of RM50 shall be imposed for each and every participant submitted by the respectives State Association to the Organizing Committee as a participation and registration fee. State Additional Players (Fulfilling minimum rating) shall pay RM150. Both event shall be FIDE-Rated and National Rated.

5. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

5.1 All registration shall be submitted by the respective State Chess Association.There shall be no direct registration from individuals.

5.2 The complete registration form (A) and (B) must be filled and returned to the Organizing Committee not later than May 20th 2013. A copy must be provided to MCF.

6. QUALIFICATION UNDER MINIMUM RATING REQUIREMENT (STATE OFFICIAL PLAYER)

MCF State Affiliate shall have the right to send 4 Men and 4 Women as State Official Players FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (A)

7. QUALIFICATION UNDER MERIT TOP RATING PERFORMANCES (MCF INVITED PLAYER)

Top 10 (All players) in NR List with registration by State [without using State quota].

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (B)

8. QUALIFICATION UNDER MERIT NATIONAL MASTERS (NM, NWM) (MCF INVITED PLAYER)

All National Masters with registration by State [without using State quota].

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (B)

9. QUALIFICATION UNDER MERIT NATIONAL JUNIOR BEST PERFORMANCES (MCF INVITED PLAYER)

National Junior Champions (U-20) (Current) with registration by State [without using State quota)

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (B)

10. QUALIFICATION UNDER MERIT NATIONAL SCHOOLS (MSSM) 2013 BEST PERFORMANCES (MCF INVITED PLAYER)

MSSM Individual Champions (U-18) for the Year with registration by State [without using State quota]

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (B)

11. STATE ADDITIONAL PLAYERS FULFILLING MINIMUM RATING REQUIREMENT/REGULATIONS

MINIMUM RATING REQUIREMENT

Men Qualification : A minimum rating level of either NR 1650 OR FIDE 1800

Women Qualification : A minimum rating level of either NR 1400 OR FIDE 1550

FILL UP STATE REGISTRATION FORM (C)

12. TIE-BREAK

In case of any tie in total score, the following tie-break shall be applied:-

1. Direct Encounter (Berger table with a complete results must be attained for this

tie- break to be valid)

2. Buchholz score;

3. Sonneborn-Berger score;

4. Progressive score aka FIDE tie-break;

5. Progressive score cut Rd1, Rd2, and so on aka FIDE (fine) tie-break;

6. Number of Wins with the Black pieces.

13. TITLES AWARDED

1) THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (OPEN)

The Champion will be awarded the title ‘NATIONAL MASTER ’ (NM)

2) THE NATIONAL WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013.

The Champion will be awarded the title ‘NATIONAL WOMEN MASTER’ (NWM)

14. VENUE

Playing Hall is Chansellor Hall at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu

14. ACCOMMODATION / TRANSPORTION

14.1.Participant have to arrange their own accomodation and transportation.We recommended hotel listed below for your own arrangement:

14.2. Scout Inn ( 15 minutes driving by car ) Rate range from RM75.00 to RM105 per day www.scoutinn.com Tel no : 09 662 3100

14.3. Dara Inn ( 15 minutes driving by car ) Rate range from RM 75.00 to RM100

Per day. www.DARA-INN.com. Tel no : 09 666 8482

15. MODE OF PAYMENT

All payment to : Terengganu Chess Association CIMB Account no :13030000188102

16. RULES AND REGULATIONS

16.1. The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds.

16.2 The Rate of play shall be according to FIDE regulations 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. (All moves must be recorded at all times)

16,3 FIDE rules and regulations for Standard Chess applies.

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Participants who have not been confirmed participation by their respective States and be present during the Players Meeting on 27th May 2013 at 17:00 shall not be paired for the first round.

17. PLAYING SCHEDULE

MONDAY	May 27th 2013	14:00 Arrivals
MONDAY	May 27th 2013	17:00 Players Meeting
TUESDAY	May 28th 2013	09:00 Round 1
TUESDAY	May 28th 2013	15:00 Round 2
WEDNESDAY	May 29th 2013	09:00 Round 3
WEDNESDAY	May 29^th 2013	15:00 Round 4
THURSDAY	May 30th 2013	09:00 Round 5
THURSDAY	May 30th 2013	15:00 Round 6
FRIDAY	May 31th 2013	09:00 Round 7
FRIDAY	May 31th 2013	15:00 Round 8
SATURDAY	June01th 2013	09:00 Round 9
		14:00 Closing Ceremony
		14:30 Blitz tournament
		Departure

18. CONTACT THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Tournament Director

Ghalam Sani
Tel : 013 347 1747 – E-mail:mister_gsani@gmail.com

Organizing Secretary

Muhammad Bin Arshad
Tel HP : 0129282811 – E-mail: terengganu_chess@hotmail.com

MCF Secretariat

Gregory Lau

Tel. 017 289 8215 – Email: msianchess2010@gmail.com

19. LETTER OF INVITATION -

Players needing Invitation letters are requested to contact their respective State Chess Association before dateline May 20^th2013

The Organizing Committee through the MCF Secretariat shall only provide invitations for States only.

After the above dateline, the Organizing Committee shall impose RM100 for every late entry submitted.